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Reece
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After my Little Bunny had summoned all of the guards to join us for breakfast in our room, we went to see Gloriana and Valerian in the usual study. There was a lot more that all of us needed to talk about, but we didn't want to keep having the same talk over and over again. To save us some time and possibly some headaches, we decided to call for all of the council members to join us.
The last time that we brought some of the council with us, they had all stayed in our residence. This time, however, the entire council was here so they were sort of spread out all over the place. This made things a little easier on them and us. I didn't really want them all staying at our place, even if we could have made it biggesr at will.
The truth of it was, I just didn't want to have to deal with them, talk to them on a regular basis. I liked the members of the council, I really did, but I didn't know them all that well. They were fine to have a meeting with, but I didn't want to live with them. Who knows what kind of weird habits they might have. There is no telling what they might be like when they were in the 'off' mode and no longer 'working' for us. Sorry but that was not an appealing thought to me. They can go and be who they wanted to be when I wasn't around someplace else. And I was going to be myself with my wife and mate while we had our place mostly to ourselves.
Yeah, yeah, I know I am rambling. I just got out of a war, so I think I am allowed to have a few rambling moments. All I can think about right now is my wife and kids. My family was the most precious thing in the world for me and that is why I didn't shy away from these battles at all. I needed to protect them, to keep the world safe for them.
I was thinking about this while we prepared for and headed to the meeting. I knew that this was going to be a long, boring meeting. That was going to be a little torturous for me, but as long as my Little Bunny was there with me that would be fine. I could handle anything with her next to me. That was what I always told myself, though. Usually it worked, sometimes though, not even her presence was enough to make these meetings bearable.
Once we left the residence and we were walking down the hall to the meeting, I saw Landon. I hadn't actually seen him since he was fighting in the battle yesterday. I had been so preoccupied with my mate that I hadn't even thought about checking on everyone else.
"Landon." I said as I sped up just a little to walk next to him, this left my Little Bunny walking behind me, but I don't think she cared all that much.
"Hey, Reece." He smiled at me.
"I am glad to see that you're unhurt." This wasn't exactly an apology word for word, but I know that he understood that I was saying something along the lines of 'hey, sorry for not checking to see if you were even alive yesterday'. Yeah, I had been a bit hyper focused and wasn't able to stop myself. Sorry buddy.
"Nah, it's fine. I was busy anyway." That piqued my interest.
"Busy? With what?"
I was just looking at him with a dumbfounded expression. He was looking back at me but unlike me, he looked happy. Really happy.
"What is up with you?" His dopey grin was kind of unnerving, and I didn't know why.
"I am just really happy, that's all." He almost looked like he was about to start skipping down the hallway.
"Dude, stop, you're creeping me out." I wanted to laugh at him, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Behind me there was a soft and sweet laugh that interrupted us. I recognized it immediately, but I didn't know why my Little Bunny was laughing right now. Maybe she laughed at Landon in my place.
"What is so funny, Trinity?" I asked her without taking my eyes off of Landon's creepily happy face.
"I am surprised you can't tell what has made him so happy, Reece." She was still giggling. "Congratulations, Landon. I am very happy for you."
For some reason, when my Little Bunny said that Landon's smile got even wider before he laughed embarrassedly.
"Thanks, Trinity. I am truly happy about it."
"Happy about what?" I was still missing something here and I didn't even realize it.
"Fido, you dolt, he found his mate. I am guessing he met her much like Rhinum found his mate in the battle from before. Am I right?" She said that last part directly to Landon who was nodding happily.
"Yeah, when I was out on the battlefield, I smelled her. She had scented me too and we searched each other out and worked together to fight every enemy that came our way. It was intense and amazing to say the least. But I loved it. During that entire time I didn't leave her side once I found her. We fought together and rested together."
"Really?" Now that I finally knew what was going on, I was able to be happy for my friend.
"Yeah, really."
"Congrats man. What's her name?"
"Her name is Ava, she is an eagle shifter from Noir's clan."
"Haha, that's funny." I couldn't stop the laughter from coming from me.
"Well, at least they won't be fighting like cats and dogs." My Little Bunny knew why I had laughed.
"Yeah, he'll just eat her." At that Landon blushed bright red and turned away from me.
"Dumbass." He started to walk a little faster to hide his embarrassment. I could still tell that he was smiling, though, so he wasn't that upset about it. That was good.
I was happy for him. He was one of my best friends and I knew that he had been lonely for a long time. I was glad that he was able to find someone to be with, someone to help ease the pain of loneliness that he has been feeling.
We all continued onward toward the study that the meeting was going to be in. my Little Bunny and Gloriana were going to be sitting at the head of the meeting like they had done last time we got some of the council together here.
I was sitting next to my wife and mate while Trevor was next to Gloriana. The rest of the council members all sat around the large table that had been put into the magically expanded room. It was a little unnerving to see all of them here in one place following the battle that had just occurred. Part of me wanted to wait a day or two, or twenty, before we had to start hashing everything out. Oh well, this was the life of those that were in charge of others.. We were always busy.
